Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-09
WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES.

WASHINGTON, March 4.-The Presiden
and Cabinet reached the Capitol at 1:
O'Clock, actual time. The clocks of tn
two houses were set back. The Senate ad
journed without delay at 11:55 a. M, Sen
ate time, 1904 actual time. The deficiency
bill failed for want of time to engross it
The fertilization bill was abandoned il
conference. The river a I'D harbor bill fail
ed to receive the Presidents signature. Il
reached him several days ago, but wal
pocket-vetoed.
1t is said at the White House that there
is no probability of a special session of the
Senate being called by the President for the
purpose Of taking action on nominations
or any other purpose. The Interstate
commerce commissioners and a successor
| to Secrstary Manning will probably be ap
pointed next week or the week following.
Before leaving for the capital to-day the
President signed bill providing for re.
serve for national banks and the Post-Of
flee, Naval, Legislative, Executive and Ju.
dicia' Appropriation bills. Also bills maxi
ing appropriations for District of Colum.
bia; for adjustment of railroad land grants
and for forfeiture of unearned lands; to
provide for expenses of Investigations Or
dered by Senate during session; granting
the Utah Midland Railroad Company right
OF way through Uncompaghre and Unitah
reservations in Utah; granting the Rocky
Fork and Cook City Railroad Company the
right OF way through part of the Crow In
dian reservation in Montana.
The following bills passed both houses,
but as they we're not signed by the Presi-
dent they failed to become laws: River
and Harbor bill; the claim of w. II. EN-
cry for 500. 900; the bill to restore Cap
tain Alfred Hedberg, of the 18th infantry,
to the army; the bill relating to promotion
in medical corps; the bill to prevent the
employment OF alien labor; the bill to open
a strip Of public land south of Kansas for
settlement; the bill providing a method OF
settlement for controversies between Inter-
State railroad corporations; the bill to an
mex part of Idaho to Washington Terri
tory; the bill for printing maps of the Gen
eral Land Office and numbes of private
relief bills.
The following nominations were con-
firmed by the Senate this morning: Henry
R. Harris, of Georgia, to be Third Assistant
Postmaster-General; Dabney HI. Murrie. of
Virginia. t., be Minister to the Republic
Columbia; James M. Trotter, of Massa-
chusetts. to be Recorder of Deeds in the
District OF Columbia; George W. Julian. Of,
Indiana, to be Surveyor-General of New
Mexico; Thomas W. Birchenell. Of LeadS||
Ssssss ~oas'fdat1, to Dc IAeCeiter-oiA 0t'sACT
Moneys at Leadville; M. L. Allison, of
Grand Junction, Colorado, to be Receiver
Of Public Moneys at Gunnison, Colorado;
Charles T. GrelIett. of California, to be
Consul of United Sta tes at Algiers; John
P. Campbell, of California, to be Consul at
Tamatave; Capt. James H. Gillis to be
in navy; Commander James
of Indiana, to be Captain in the
Navy; Lieutenant Commander John w.
MCGOWAN. to be Commander in Navy.
1t was understood up to a late hour OF
the forenoon that the President would not
occupy his room at the capitol, as has
been the custom OF his predecessors, but,
nevertheless. he came, influenced to some
extent, by messages sent to him by men,
bers OF both branches. Speaker Carlisle
telephOned at q. m. that the Presidents
presence was necessary to save the District
of Columbia Deficiency bills, which could
not be enrolled in time to reach the White
House, nearly two miles away. Senators
Sherman and Salisbury were appointed at
IL o'clock on the part of the Senate to no.
tify the President that Congress awaited
any final message he might have to send
and would cause it to be made known.
They would perform their duty by going to
the Presidents room at the capitol, and if
they did not find bim would report the
iact to the Senate, assuming that he had
no further communications to make.
The following nominations were rejected
by the Senate this morning: Oliver Shan
non, of North Platte, Nebraska, to be Re-
ceiver of Public Moneys at that place;
Chas. E. Daily, Of Tucson. A. T., to be
Register Of the Land Office at that place.